Understanding and Preventing Faculty-on-Faculty Bullying

Understanding and Preventing Faculty-on-Faculty Bullying provides a comprehensive understanding of workplace harassment, aggression, violence, bullying, and incivility in academia. Using a psychological, sociological, and organizational approach, this book explores the issue from the perspective of the individual, the department, and from the higher education organization. Providing research on the effects on victims and collegial culture, this important volume brings together interdisciplinary scholarship to present research-based suggestions for recovering from workplace bullying, recommendations for improving toxic academic environments, and practical advice about policy development to improve academic organizational culture and climate.

Darla J. Twale was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and previously a Professor and Coordinator of Higher Education at the University of Dayton and Auburn University, USA.

Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Preface Part I Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction to Workplace Bullying Chapter 2 Bullying in Academe Part II Effects Chapter 3 Physical, Psychological, and Psychosocial Effects Chapter 4 Social Construction of Bullying Chapter 5 Institutional Characteristics and Circumstances Part III Recovery, Resolution, and Restoration Chapter 6 Physical and Psychological Recovery Chapter 7 Sense-making and Social Resolution Chapter 8 Institutional Restoration Part IV Resources and Research Chapter 9 Practical Remedies Chapter 10 Suggestions for Future Research Chapter 11 Resources and Measurements Epilog Safer Spaces